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Latest Articles by Jon Bye:
Black Sabbath - 13
Pioneers of rock, masters of metal, lords of darkness: one cannot hyperbolise enough on the influence that Black Sabbath have had on rock music. I often wonder how a generation raised on Mary Whitehouse and The Beatles reacted when they first heard the riff from 'Iron Man', I c…
The National - Trouble Will Find Me
Perhaps its a sign of ageing but this reviewer finds it immensely refreshing to know what he's getting. The National have previously been known across their five previous albums as gloriously gloomy in their lyrics and hauntingly beautiful in their orchestration. Signs are fair…
The Boxer Rebellion - Promises
And finally, there's an album to get excited about this year. The Boxer Rebellion have been carving away at staunch critics for many years with a string of fairly under-the-radar but (in this reviewer's opinion) brilliant albums. Yet it's now questionable how much longer their st…
Diamond Rugs - Diamond Rugs
Bringing influences together in a band scene is rarely a straight forward procedure. So when members of Black Lips, Deer Tick, Los Lobos, Six Finger Satellite and Dead Confederate decide they want to record a record together, you can guess the results are to going to jerk aroun…
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